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11 February 2010

High-level disaster risk experts meet

High-level experts from Civil Protection groups in 14 Mediterranean countries are meeting today and tomorrow in Cairo as part of the Euro-Mediterranean Programme on Prevention, Preparedness and Response to Natural and Man-made Disasters (PPRD South)...

ANSAmed - Agenzia ANSA

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16 November 2009

Israeli, Jordanian archeologists discuss risks to historical sites

More than 80 international experts from 16 countries gathered on last weekend in Acre for UNESCO's second annual World Heritage Workshop on 'Disaster Risk Reduction to Cultural Heritage Sites'...

Jerusalem Post, the

Documents and publications

7 July 2008

Combating desertification with plants

This book deals with the role of plants in combating desertification. Desertification - the degradation of soils in drylands - is a phenomenon occurring in scores of countries around the globe. The number of people (in semiarid regions) affected by the

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30 June 2008

Israel: preparing for major earthquake in north

Preparations have been stepped up for a possible major disaster in northern Israel following a warning by the Ministry of Health of an expected earthquake.

Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd.

Documents and publications

17 October 2007